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. >> reporter: he used a long steel rod to show us how loose rock left after blasting can easily be dislodged. that's why it has to be removed so it doesn't fall without warning and cause injuries. he says some of the big mines don't do this kind of maintenance and don't follow the existing safety rules. but after the cave-in, the owners insisted the miners survived because the company had followed the rules. but the company never finished building a mandatory escape ladder. if they had the miners had a clear path to it and could have used it to escape. that out rages nellie, whose son is is trapped in the mine. >> this mine should be closed. this is an unsafe mine. it doesn't haved ladders to get out. this is a mine that shouldn't continue giving work to anybody. it's been overworked. it's a mine overexploited. you can't continue to send people who go below this hill because it's dangerous. it's very dangerous. you shouldn't send anybody down there. miner or anybody. if it's not safe. >> reporter: mining company officials did not respond to requests for an on-camera interview. jessica cortez
. >> reporter: he used a long steel rod to show us how loose rock left after blasting can easily be dislodged. that's why it has to be removed so it doesn't fall without warning and cause injuries. he says some of the big mines don't do this kind of maintenance and don't follow the existing safety rules. but after the cave-in, the owners insisted the miners survived because the company had followed the rules. but the company never finished building a mandatory escape ladder. if they had...
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used to be the u.s. but today china is by far the biggest trading partner. >> charlie: for both chile and brazil? >> yes. it will become the first trading partner of the whole latin america. and i think the u.s. is missing opportunities. >> charlie: because they are doing what? >> they -- i don't think that they have -- or put enough attention to lat inner america. in terms of free-trade agreements there are many latin american countries that would like to reach a free-trade agreement with the u.s. which is beneficial to both parties and i think that the u.s. is not moving fast enough -- >> charlie: because of the political issues in the congress? >> yes, because many times we are waiting for the next election. for instance now nothing can happen because we are expecting the november election and i think that the u.s. could do a better job vis-a-vis latin america -- and i'm not talking about aid, i'm talking about partnerships, about facing together the challenges of development in the future. i heard th
used to be the u.s. but today china is by far the biggest trading partner. >> charlie: for both chile and brazil? >> yes. it will become the first trading partner of the whole latin america. and i think the u.s. is missing opportunities. >> charlie: because they are doing what? >> they -- i don't think that they have -- or put enough attention to lat inner america. in terms of free-trade agreements there are many latin american countries that would like to reach a...
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let us send a strong message of hope, of fundamental hope. let us keep our promise. >> i asked our u.n. correspondent which of the eight goals were on track. for example, cutting poverty by half by 2015. >> that is largely because of very big economic growth in china and india which has raised worldwide figures. one of the other goals on target is to increase the number of people with access to clean drinking water. that is not the case for people with access to clean sanitation. that has fallen far behind. there has been quite a lot of progress made in prevention of aids and malaria, getting children to primary schools. but in these areas, they're not on target. those that fall in most far behind have to do with the most basic and a vulnerable, the number of children that by below the age of 5 and the number of women who die in childbirth. these targets are way off. >> nikolas sarkozy of france suggested a transaction tax to raise extra funds. is that gaining any transaction? >> there is going to be a high level seminar on that here at the s
let us send a strong message of hope, of fundamental hope. let us keep our promise. >> i asked our u.n. correspondent which of the eight goals were on track. for example, cutting poverty by half by 2015. >> that is largely because of very big economic growth in china and india which has raised worldwide figures. one of the other goals on target is to increase the number of people with access to clean drinking water. that is not the case for people with access to clean sanitation....
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us? >> to discover the price she has paid for the secret -- what has it cost her to wall off her life before the age of 15? any situation socially, professionally. if there are parts of yourself that you have to keep protected, how close can you be to anyone? she has a wonderful marriage. she has a great relationship with her parents and an interesting but good relationship with her older sister. what is it costing her to have this part of her life that she does not talk about? issues still on some level walters that dumped -- is she on some levels still walter's -- on some local still walter's victim? she has gotten good kids with normal problems. and shee not perfect, not has really managed to find a great life for herself. that is no small thing. i really wanted to write a book in which -- we often write books for book clubs. i wanted to write a book -- one you would see at your son's school or at the grocery store, and you say, "she is like me." lots of people have secrets. tavis: whe
us? >> to discover the price she has paid for the secret -- what has it cost her to wall off her life before the age of 15? any situation socially, professionally. if there are parts of yourself that you have to keep protected, how close can you be to anyone? she has a wonderful marriage. she has a great relationship with her parents and an interesting but good relationship with her older sister. what is it costing her to have this part of her life that she does not talk about? issues...
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stay with us. donal logue is a talented actor whose credits include "the tao of steve" and "grounded for life." his new project is the fox drama "terriers." >> martha, i am over here and there is a bit of a problem. sorry? 3520 costa del madre? that is a bit different. ok. you are a peach. thanks so much. >> no problem. tavis: is he stealing dogs? >> he stole his dog. it is interesting. i think the show's tone is great. it is hard to define at first because it starts out like. this is kind of where they are and circumstances draw them into a world that has a lot more gravitas to it. it gets a lot heavier as it goes down the road. tavis: i do not know what you meant by that, but this is not one of those episodic things where every week there is a different show on a different thing. >> it has to build. we had a lot of these discussions. one thing i always find interesting about these kinds of shows were either in a certain situation these guys would be in real danger, and yet in the middle of bullet
stay with us. donal logue is a talented actor whose credits include "the tao of steve" and "grounded for life." his new project is the fox drama "terriers." >> martha, i am over here and there is a bit of a problem. sorry? 3520 costa del madre? that is a bit different. ok. you are a peach. thanks so much. >> no problem. tavis: is he stealing dogs? >> he stole his dog. it is interesting. i think the show's tone is great. it is hard to define at...
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please stay with us. always pleased to happen arianna huffington -- to have arianna huffington on the show, the co- founder of the huffington post. she joins us from new york. she "third world america has a new world america -- she has a new book comment -- a new book, "third world america." >> good to be here. tavis: some of what we heard what youmirrors wrote about in "third world america." >> yes, and i have things like what i have here. "i am one of the middle class americans, and, quite frankly, i am exhausted." and just that word, "exhausted," that is what americans are feeling. so many middle-class families are now basically facing downward mobility instead of upward mobility, which is sort of the essence of the american dream. an immigrant, as someone who came to this country as so many others, hoping that we're going to find a better life, and i certainly did, i am really, really very disturbed by this trajectory we are on. clearly, we are not yet a third world america, but sounding the alarm, as
please stay with us. always pleased to happen arianna huffington -- to have arianna huffington on the show, the co- founder of the huffington post. she joins us from new york. she "third world america has a new world america -- she has a new book comment -- a new book, "third world america." >> good to be here. tavis: some of what we heard what youmirrors wrote about in "third world america." >> yes, and i have things like what i have here. "i am one of...
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use that money to pay for tax breaks for the middle class. but the business community has been talking about how horrible it is, having a tax cut when the economy is so fragile, robbing the economy of its recovery. there are a lot of democrats who are boggling. we will see if they can deliver. i do not think they can deliver the promise. >> actually, a former member of the obama administration drew the same conclusion. >> whether we are talking about rahm emanuel or peter orszag, [inaudible] the rights and in "the new york times" calling for an extension of the tax cuts that the rich has. >> this is something that the president can draw a line on. he does have a veto power. he can decide whether or not to extend the tax cuts for the rich for a year or something like that, or not. it seems to me the best thing to do would be to pull it back for those people who make less than $200,000, and will veto anything that does not help them. >> george stephanopoulos tried to nail him down on that question, but he said he would not necessarily veto. >>
use that money to pay for tax breaks for the middle class. but the business community has been talking about how horrible it is, having a tax cut when the economy is so fragile, robbing the economy of its recovery. there are a lot of democrats who are boggling. we will see if they can deliver. i do not think they can deliver the promise. >> actually, a former member of the obama administration drew the same conclusion. >> whether we are talking about rahm emanuel or peter orszag,...
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. >> question, by the way, the word stimulous is apparently now not used. the president's job approval rating is low. historically so. did this week put president obama back on an upward track? pat buchanan. >> no it did not, john. there's no doubt he was in campaign mode and spoke more eloquently there. he mentioned john boehner and attacked him by name seven times and nobody in the country knows who john boehner is. secondly the mosque issue and the issue of the burning korans was a tremendous distraction all week. third, his proposal, some of which are interesting, credits like that. they are too little, they are too late. frankly some of his rhetoric, they treat me like a dog is getting pity me, it doesn't come off well. >> what is the political part on obama's part? >> you have to put a face on the opposition and mr. boehner is a pretty good face. he has been in the congress since 1990. he was part of the gingrich revolution in 1995. he was video taped on the house floor handing out checks from the tobacco industry to members while they were discussing
. >> question, by the way, the word stimulous is apparently now not used. the president's job approval rating is low. historically so. did this week put president obama back on an upward track? pat buchanan. >> no it did not, john. there's no doubt he was in campaign mode and spoke more eloquently there. he mentioned john boehner and attacked him by name seven times and nobody in the country knows who john boehner is. secondly the mosque issue and the issue of the burning korans was...
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it's just us. gwen: it feels like we've been having this argument now for several weeks but only this week the president and his folks decide really to engage. why? >> well, time was running out. the pastor from gainesville had made it clear he was going to start burning books at 6:00 on saturday night on the night, anniversary of the 9/11 attack. demonstrations had already begun in afghanistan on thursday and u.s. officials were quite concerned about force protection there and other places in the far southwest asia. and then the pastor let it be known if someone called him and asked him and invited him to stand down that he might do so, if someone from the government and the white house saw its opportunities and bob gates put in a phone call and he has desisted for the moment. this was not a constitutional question about protected speech. though a lot of people law that around. you can burn books in this country, you can burn flags. you can burn draft cards. >> why are you looking at me? >> i don'
it's just us. gwen: it feels like we've been having this argument now for several weeks but only this week the president and his folks decide really to engage. why? >> well, time was running out. the pastor from gainesville had made it clear he was going to start burning books at 6:00 on saturday night on the night, anniversary of the 9/11 attack. demonstrations had already begun in afghanistan on thursday and u.s. officials were quite concerned about force protection there and other...
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we have asked other districts to support us. the distribution is impartial. we locate the localities and send the aid there. that is a normal routine we do. >> thank you very much. as you can see, there is massive need here. we can still see areas submerged by water, but with so many people affected, there are so many people who are going to leave your disappointed, and there are millions like that right across the country. then yesterday, we reported on the crippling food crisis in the west african state of niger. and as a province -- 4000 died in 2005 due to food shortages. there are fears the situation could be repeated now. we examined why those lessons have not been heard. >> there is a severe food crisis in niger, affecting about 8 million people here. yet, look around the main market, 1,000 kilometers east of the capital, and it is not obvious why. there is clearly plenty of food around. it is just that many cannot afford it. and another puzzling fact -- at the livestock market nearby, cattle are being exported, mostly to trade with neighboring nigeria
we have asked other districts to support us. the distribution is impartial. we locate the localities and send the aid there. that is a normal routine we do. >> thank you very much. as you can see, there is massive need here. we can still see areas submerged by water, but with so many people affected, there are so many people who are going to leave your disappointed, and there are millions like that right across the country. then yesterday, we reported on the crippling food crisis in the...
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and this has been used against him by his republican critics. so he comes back to the united nations this year with a much more down-to-earth message. i need help on this issue. i need help on this issue. i need help on this issue. gwen: and when ahmadinejad shows up and says -- yeah. he said from ground zero, the terrorists didn't really exist or whatever it was he said. people who are critics of the president who -- who advocated for engagement with iran get a little fodder, don't they? >> they sure do. the big suspense every year around the u.n. general assembly is what is ahmadinejad going to say this year in order to get a reaction? last year, he said -- made very thinly veiled anti-semitic comments asking why a small minority is able to dominate the world. and this year as you say, he came right out and said -- he claims that most people in america think that the u.s. government was behind the twin towers coming down. i don't know what poll results he was citing for that. but he just outdoes himself every year. and last year, the united st
and this has been used against him by his republican critics. so he comes back to the united nations this year with a much more down-to-earth message. i need help on this issue. i need help on this issue. i need help on this issue. gwen: and when ahmadinejad shows up and says -- yeah. he said from ground zero, the terrorists didn't really exist or whatever it was he said. people who are critics of the president who -- who advocated for engagement with iran get a little fodder, don't they?...
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because many conflicts are around us. so therefore our attempt, our word and our insistence to contribute to the solution of the problems is appreciated. >> couric: and the prime minister of the palestinian authority, salam fayyad. >> it's one that's based definitely on dealing violence out of the equation for sure. that's our interest. that's how we defined it. from our point of view. it happens to be consistent with obligations that we took on the road map and going back to 1993. it's in our best interest, we're not doing no one else a favor but ourselves when we subscribe to nonviolence. as a really key component to what we have to do to get to freedom. >> couric: a program note: our interview with the c.e.o. of google, eric schmidt, will be seen at a later date. tonight, the president of turkey and the prime minister of the palestinian authority when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: abdullah gul is here, he's the president of tur
because many conflicts are around us. so therefore our attempt, our word and our insistence to contribute to the solution of the problems is appreciated. >> couric: and the prime minister of the palestinian authority, salam fayyad. >> it's one that's based definitely on dealing violence out of the equation for sure. that's our interest. that's how we defined it. from our point of view. it happens to be consistent with obligations that we took on the road map and going back to 1993....
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to help us recover from all kinds of conditions. but at this hospital, not everyone was convinced that surfing was a good use of taxpayer money. >> i could certainly see lots of better ways to spend that money on. >> i'm feeling a bit depressed myself, actually. can i put my name on the list? >> if this scheme works, expect more fresh air therapy across britain, not just in coastal areas, but cycling and rock climbing may also be prescribed. >> letting loose and maybe getting healthy. you can find more on that and all the international news online ad bbc.com/news. you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. we're on facebook as well, of course. thanks for being with us. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, and union bank. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> i'
to help us recover from all kinds of conditions. but at this hospital, not everyone was convinced that surfing was a good use of taxpayer money. >> i could certainly see lots of better ways to spend that money on. >> i'm feeling a bit depressed myself, actually. can i put my name on the list? >> if this scheme works, expect more fresh air therapy across britain, not just in coastal areas, but cycling and rock climbing may also be prescribed. >> letting loose and maybe...
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us? >> well, a lot of business schools on how to make money. i want to tell people if you run business, you have to run the value first. to surf the others, help the others, that's the key. because i... one of the things we believe is if you think about making money and this is the u.s. dollar, talk about hong kong dollars, nobody wants to make friends with these people. thing about how can you help people and create value for the others and then you'll get the money. this is how we succeed in china. and this is why you call us believe that. people say jack, your company is crazy. how can you do that. this is the way we run the business. and i think this is the way the 21st century. the other thing is also focused on quality and people. >> rose: say that again? >> your own people. because i think china, the best resource is not... it's the human brain. 1.3 billion people. if we develop their brains, that's got a lot of innovation. that's the best resourcings we could ever have so many you
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and the collective j that you use? she won a small portion of an electorate. and traveling now. >> we haven't said anything about the weaknesses of kuntz, declared himself to be a mo an elected official. >> he's a county official right now. and he's in a position of authority. and he raised a budget over there 28%. that's what it cost -- [everyone talking at once] >> republican establishment -- >> the o'donnell campaign. >> we're just looking at the -- look, it's taking place and toomey is qzíno carrierringconn0 o'donnell wins? >> i think she does. >> o'donnell doesn't win, no. >> o'donnell loses. >> yes. i'm with karl rove again on this one. mike castle would have handed that vote to the republicans. not against public servants. this woman does not have -- >> which is it? >> i'm not sure. but i hope this will -- continues to dismiss the tea party movement and all candidates rand paul, mark joe rubio, christine o'donnell, because the power of this movement is beyond belief now. and it's mainstream america, and you kno
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. >> the elite don't get us, they call us wacky, they call us wing nuts, we call us "we the people." gwen: defeated republicans like delaware's mike castronevesle, bob bennett and murkowski are trying to figure out what happened. and also arlen specter and struggling incumbents like ohio governor ted strickland and president obama himself who knows he must convince voters the economy can improve. >> we stop the bleeding, stabilize the economy but the fact of the matter is the pace of improvement is not where it needs to be. and the hole we had dug ourselfs in was enormous. gwen: the scary truth appears to be rattled voters appear to lash out at lots of people for lots of reasons. let's go through some of the reasons here, panel. starting with you, john. >> the economy. i'll take the easiest, biggest target, the economy is bad and affecting people in their lives and if it's not affecting them it's affecting somebody in their lives and everybody is anxious. in this time of anxiety they turn to washington and see people they dislike, distrust and are just bafoons. and the numbers for co
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jane draper, bbc news. >> good to have you with us on "bbc world news." stay with us, if you can. still to come -- how indoor pollution affects the world support. poor. first though, in many parts of the u.s., 15-year-old can legally drive. in britain, you have to be 17. but there are suggestions that there could be changes if the young were banned from the roads at night. >> they say you only really learn to drive after you pass your test. >> that could potentially kill somebody. these young drivers tend to ignore that fact. looking at the road. >> there are claims that many are not properly prepared, even for things like driving in the dark. to combat that, researchers at cardiff university have suggested and nighttime driving band, along with a total alcohol ban and stopping them from carrying young passengers. >> it will not happen to me. >> while campaigners support some of the proposals, they believe others would be unworkable. tony david said's son was killed. >> it would not be able to carry any of their peers in the car. peer pressure becomes involved. no one goes out wit
jane draper, bbc news. >> good to have you with us on "bbc world news." stay with us, if you can. still to come -- how indoor pollution affects the world support. poor. first though, in many parts of the u.s., 15-year-old can legally drive. in britain, you have to be 17. but there are suggestions that there could be changes if the young were banned from the roads at night. >> they say you only really learn to drive after you pass your test. >> that could potentially...
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bbc news, mozambique. >> stay with us. when life becomes art, the reality of the baghdad bombing brought to a u.k. gallery. why fuller-sized models will be parading the catwalks during fashion week. first, the u.n.'s new aid coordinator will spend her first day on the job touring pakistan. she went there before setting foot in her office in new york. latest figures suggest 8 million people are in need of emergency aid. 1.8 million homes have been damaged or destroyed. mark doyle reports. >> baptism of fire. her first day as the united nations' top aide official. 20 million people are affected by the floods. 8 million are in immediate need of food, shelter, or medical care. people have taken refuge on riverbanks trying to regain some sort of normality. valerie want to see for herself what the real needs of these people are. for many, the struggle is too hard. mosquitoes are breeding in floodwaters, spreading fever and disease. politics is never far away. some people say their farms have been sacrificed to save well- connect
bbc news, mozambique. >> stay with us. when life becomes art, the reality of the baghdad bombing brought to a u.k. gallery. why fuller-sized models will be parading the catwalks during fashion week. first, the u.n.'s new aid coordinator will spend her first day on the job touring pakistan. she went there before setting foot in her office in new york. latest figures suggest 8 million people are in need of emergency aid. 1.8 million homes have been damaged or destroyed. mark doyle reports....
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crop specialists tell us that the yield swings are here to stay. the good news is the global harvest has been pretty good this year, despite the shortfall in russian wheat. in fact, it is about the third best year on record. united nations food organization does not see a crisis like it sought three years ago. but it does once you reduce turbulence in the global food commodity market. this man told me why the russian problem cast a low shot up. >> they have planted a lot less than they should have done. these are short-term factors, which will cause a spike in prices for 12 months or maybe longer. but we can confidently expect, i would say, prices will come down again when we get a pattern of high yield and less climate shocks in the future. >> so, the intergovernmental committee in rome may call for greater transparency in serial transactions. -- cereal transactions. others feel such moves are misguided. >> we saw the same thing happening in oil not long ago. it was the same exact thing. and union, speculators got burned. you can speculate, but yo
crop specialists tell us that the yield swings are here to stay. the good news is the global harvest has been pretty good this year, despite the shortfall in russian wheat. in fact, it is about the third best year on record. united nations food organization does not see a crisis like it sought three years ago. but it does once you reduce turbulence in the global food commodity market. this man told me why the russian problem cast a low shot up. >> they have planted a lot less than they...
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coming up, he'll tell us what stocks he's buying. >> susie: b.p. today released its own findings about what went wrong on the deepwater horizon rig. the oil giant takes some responsibility for the deadly disaster, but says it was a chain of events involving multiple companies that led to the accident. b.p. began its investigation immediately after the explosion and released the results today in a 200-page report. stephanie dhue has more. >> reporter: today's report says the problem started with a bad cement job that caused dangerous gases to leak into the well undetected. crew members misread tests and thought the well was under control, and didn't act until it was too late. the blowout preventer, which should have sealed the well, failed. b.p. took responsibility for its decisions on the rig, but also blamed halliburton for the cement job and rig operator transocean, which maintained the blowout preventer. transocean called b.p.'s report a "self-serving attempt to conceal... b.p.'s fatally flawed well design." b.p. says the well design is sound an
coming up, he'll tell us what stocks he's buying. >> susie: b.p. today released its own findings about what went wrong on the deepwater horizon rig. the oil giant takes some responsibility for the deadly disaster, but says it was a chain of events involving multiple companies that led to the accident. b.p. began its investigation immediately after the explosion and released the results today in a 200-page report. stephanie dhue has more. >> reporter: today's report says the problem...
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it will help us take pressure off our currency, help us stabilize interest rates it will help us show the markets that our tax rates aren't going to rise to unbelievable levels because we are getting our fiscal house in order. so if we locked in a plan to actually get our debt under control, that will actually help our economy right now because it will improve competence in the future of our economy. >> okay but are you prepared to spend money for stimulus in order to do something about unemployment. >> so i don't subscribe to the typical keynesian doctrine that you need to borrow and spend money to create jobsment we borrowed and spend 1.1 trillion when you add interest costs on the stimulus and we lost 2.6 million jobs since that legislation passed. i do think there are better things that the government could do to promote prosperity and create jobs. we ought to be growing at a very fast pace coming out of the kind-of-recession we are coming out of if we are coming out of it. i mean 81, the 72 recession. we were growing at about 68% at this time. i would argue that the reason we are
it will help us take pressure off our currency, help us stabilize interest rates it will help us show the markets that our tax rates aren't going to rise to unbelievable levels because we are getting our fiscal house in order. so if we locked in a plan to actually get our debt under control, that will actually help our economy right now because it will improve competence in the future of our economy. >> okay but are you prepared to spend money for stimulus in order to do something about...
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to put pressure on us. but they're wrong and the time for that has passed. >> rose: okay, fair enough. who do you mean by the "zionist regime"? >> ( translated ): a regime that has occupied palestine and now forces its rule on that territory. >> rose: but why don't you just say aisrael? why don't you say the state of israel rather than the signist regime? >> ( translated ): we do not recognize that entity. we consider it to be a zionist and racist regime that occupies, creates wars, terrorizes and destroys the homes of people and prevents people from accessing water, medicine, and food in their own home, attacks its neighboring countries and threatens everyone around. >> rose: so you would therefore hope that there is an agreement reached between the negotiators from the state of israel and the palestinians so that they can agree on borders and agree on all the issues that separate them so that those questions of... can be settled in this negotiation? >> ( translated ): do you feel that a solution will real
to put pressure on us. but they're wrong and the time for that has passed. >> rose: okay, fair enough. who do you mean by the "zionist regime"? >> ( translated ): a regime that has occupied palestine and now forces its rule on that territory. >> rose: but why don't you just say aisrael? why don't you say the state of israel rather than the signist regime? >> ( translated ): we do not recognize that entity. we consider it to be a zionist and racist regime that...
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. >> the government is forcing us to a showdown. the only thing that can make them budget is a showdown. >> that may force the government to make further concessions, but two-thirds of the country are resigned to reforms already approved by the lower house. with the senate vote looking to be a formality, president sarkozy has the upper hand. christian fraser, bbc news, paris. >> our economy has started to shrink again. it came out of recession earlier this year. dee dee was down by 1.2% on the first quarter of the year -- gdp was down by 1.2%. youtube and its owner, googles, have one of landmark piracy case brought by a spanish tv channel. the court ruled it was the responsibility of the copyright owner to tell googol -- google that their property appeared on the youtube. the suspension of of controversial diabetes drugcontroversialavandia. -- controversial diabetes drug, avandia. it is linked to an increased risk of heart failure. it was supposed to be a showcase moment for india, showing itself to be a global power. but now it is
. >> the government is forcing us to a showdown. the only thing that can make them budget is a showdown. >> that may force the government to make further concessions, but two-thirds of the country are resigned to reforms already approved by the lower house. with the senate vote looking to be a formality, president sarkozy has the upper hand. christian fraser, bbc news, paris. >> our economy has started to shrink again. it came out of recession earlier this year. dee dee was...
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but there is no change for us. we are still living and -- we are still living in misery. >> five weeks on, the misery is continuing to spread. for some in the southern province, the nightmare is just beginning. the waters have just arrived. more people in need in a country already unable to cope. orla guerin, bbc news, northwest pakistan. >> still in pakistan, militants have carried out a huge bomb attacks against police in the northwest. at least 20 died when a vehicle exploded. on monday, a suicide bomber killed 19 at up police station. women and child victims of mass rape in the democratic republic of congo has been failed by united nations peacekeepers. that is according to a u.n. official. over 500 women and children have been raped in the past month. violent scenes in the ukrainian parliament as opposition leaders tried to seize control of the podium. they are angry at the government for increasing the retirement age for women in double in gas prices. do stay with us if you can on "bbc world news." still to c
but there is no change for us. we are still living and -- we are still living in misery. >> five weeks on, the misery is continuing to spread. for some in the southern province, the nightmare is just beginning. the waters have just arrived. more people in need in a country already unable to cope. orla guerin, bbc news, northwest pakistan. >> still in pakistan, militants have carried out a huge bomb attacks against police in the northwest. at least 20 died when a vehicle exploded. on...
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thanks for having us. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org words alone aren't enough. our job is to listen and find ways to help workers who lost their jobs to the spill. i'm iris cross. we'll keep restoring the jobs, tourist beaches, and businesses impacted by the spill. we've paid over $400 million in claims and set up a $20 billion independently-run claims fund. i was born in new orleans. my family still lives here. i'm gonna be here until we make this right.
thanks for having us. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org words alone aren't enough. our job is to listen and find ways to help workers who lost their jobs to the spill. i'm iris cross. we'll keep restoring the jobs, tourist beaches, and businesses impacted by the spill. we've paid over $400 million in claims and set up a $20 billion independently-run claims fund. i was born in new orleans. my family still lives here. i'm gonna be...
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bnsf, the engine that connects us. and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: the president accused the republicans of being fiscally irresponsible, but admitted that his own policies have not worked as quickly as hoped. congressional correspondent kwame holman reports. >> we got some business to do today. >> reporter: just eight weeks from election day, the president made his pitch in cleveland today to help the sputtering u.s. economy >> that means making long-term investments in education and clean energy; in basic research, technology, and infrastructure. >> reporter: and he also took a stand against extending the bush era tax cuts for the top 2% of earners, setting up a pre- election fight with repub
bnsf, the engine that connects us. and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: the president accused the republicans of being fiscally irresponsible, but admitted that his...
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most still tell us they approve of obama. most think the health care bill was the right thing to do. more tell us his policies are helping the economy than hurting it. so this isn't a disillusionment with obama that's... or the democratic party that's driving this. i think it's just a sense that this election the case hasn't been made this election is really important to younger voters yet. they don't say it at the same rate older folks do. >> woodruff: liz murphy, how would you respond to that? how important do you think young people see this election? and how do they respond to the president's admonition yesterday that young people need to understand it's important and he said in that interview with "rolling stone," inexcusable to sit this election out. >> i think it's unfortunate, but at least at penn state's campus there isn't this huge feeling that people need to head out and hit the polls and, you know, make their voice heard and vote. in 2008, there were two-hour wait lines to vote when obama came to speak it was like
most still tell us they approve of obama. most think the health care bill was the right thing to do. more tell us his policies are helping the economy than hurting it. so this isn't a disillusionment with obama that's... or the democratic party that's driving this. i think it's just a sense that this election the case hasn't been made this election is really important to younger voters yet. they don't say it at the same rate older folks do. >> woodruff: liz murphy, how would you respond...
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bnsf, the engine that connects us. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> suarez: the federal government and the bailed-out insurance giant, a.i.g., announced a deal today for the company to pay back the bulk of its massive debt to the treasury. at the height of the financial crisis, the treasury and the federal reserve agreed to spend more than $180 billion if needed to rescue the company. a.i.g. ultimately received more than $130 billion. it still owes over $100 billion. under the plan, the u.s. treasury will gradually sell off its majority stake of the company. a.i.g. will also sell off more of its insurance units to repay the treasury. in an audio recoding on a.i.g.'s web site, the company's chief executive robert benmosc
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of us. >> reporter: dr. roy is an engineer by training, but the project brought together cell biologists, material scientists, engineers and practicing physicians. >> by finding these right people together i think we can sort of take out these traditional ways of doing academic research in silos, but saying lets put our arms together and brains together and solve the problem collectively and for a project like this you absolutely need that to succeed. >> reporter: it's the same collaborative approach that scott johnson's myelin repair foundation is promoting teams of scientists working collaboratively to achieve common goal changing the model for how research works and solving the problem of multiple sclerosis that's challenged him for 34 years. >> and to be able to prevent others from going through that is something i'd like to do. but probably on a larger scale it's really about this model because i think that this model can be applied to any disease research. >> reporter: and of course there's no shortage
of us. >> reporter: dr. roy is an engineer by training, but the project brought together cell biologists, material scientists, engineers and practicing physicians. >> by finding these right people together i think we can sort of take out these traditional ways of doing academic research in silos, but saying lets put our arms together and brains together and solve the problem collectively and for a project like this you absolutely need that to succeed. >> reporter: it's the...
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thanks for being back with us. so what's this delay all about? >> well, the senate clearly doesn't want to get embroiled in this issue before the election. it's just too unpredictable and the story line for democrats is clean, as things stand now. they're making the case that republicans would block tax relief for the middle class to hold out for tax break force the wealthy. republicans, of course shall want to extend those tax cuts for everyone. and so it's easier in the view of democrats to push this until a lame duck session. the political situation will obviously be less intense then. but as you said, the house speaker today left open the possibility of forcing a vote. and that could get really interesting next week. >> woodruff: now why the different calculus in the senate and in the house. >> the calculus probably isn't different. the conventional wisdom still is that in the end the house will decide to go home and campaign without taking this vote. but there's no reason for speaker pelosi to relent right now when she thinks she's got repub
thanks for being back with us. so what's this delay all about? >> well, the senate clearly doesn't want to get embroiled in this issue before the election. it's just too unpredictable and the story line for democrats is clean, as things stand now. they're making the case that republicans would block tax relief for the middle class to hold out for tax break force the wealthy. republicans, of course shall want to extend those tax cuts for everyone. and so it's easier in the view of...
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it's just us. and that is a principle that i think is... is going to be very important for us to... to sustain. and i think tomorrow is an excellent time for us to... to reflect on that. >> holman: the president will deliver remarks at the pentagon tomorrow to mark the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. >> woodruff: coming up, we'll have a post-9/11 conversation about tolerance and intolerance in america. that will be followed by a report on treatment for wounded troops at fort hood, texas; and analysis from shields and brooks. but first, with the other news of the day, here's hari sreenivasan in our newsroom. >> sreenivasan: there was another development on the koran-burning story today. the imam behind the building of an islamic center in new york city said he has no plans to meet with the florida pastor who has threatened to burn copies of the islamic holy book. but pastor terry jones said he still hoped to meet with imam feisal abdul rauf in new york city this weekend, but was awaiting word from him. yesterday, jones claimed he had a deal with the imam to cancel the koran bu
it's just us. and that is a principle that i think is... is going to be very important for us to... to sustain. and i think tomorrow is an excellent time for us to... to reflect on that. >> holman: the president will deliver remarks at the pentagon tomorrow to mark the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. >> woodruff: coming up, we'll have a post-9/11 conversation about tolerance and intolerance in america. that will be followed by a report on treatment for wounded troops at fort...